10 occurrences in 12 translations

'Forced' in the Bible

Ahishar, in charge of the palace;and Adoniram son of Abda, in charge of forced labor.

Verse ConceptsOfficersPalacesForced Labour

Then King Solomon drafted forced laborers from all Israel; the labor force numbered 30,000 men.

Verse ConceptsThirty Thousand And UpForced Labour

He sent 10,000 to Lebanon each month in shifts; one month they were in Lebanon, two months they were at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

Verse ConceptsTens Of ThousandsOne MonthTwo To Four MonthsForced Labour

When a man sins against his neighborand is forced to take an oath,and he comes to take an oathbefore Your altar in this temple,

Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon had imposed to build the Lord’s temple, his own palace, the supporting terraces, the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionHard LaborBuilding Jerusalem's WallForced LabourRebuilding Jerusalem

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to completely destroy—Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is this way until today.

Verse ConceptsForced LabourRelationships To This Day

But Solomon did not put the children of Israel to forced work; they were the men of war, his servants, his captains, and his chiefs, captains of his war-carriages and of his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsCaptainsRank

Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Results OfServants, GoodIndustry, Examples OfPromotionEntrustingForced Labour

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to get into the chariot and flee to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsChariotsHasty ActionForced LabourKilling Named Individuals

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there isn't a nation or kingdom where my master hasn't tried to find you. Whenever they would say "He isn't here,' he forced that kingdom or nation to swear that they hadn't seen you.

Verse ConceptsNowhere To Be FoundThose Looking For People

Bible Theasaurus

Constrained (12 instances)
Forced (142 instances)
Hale (1 instance)
Strained (6 instances)
Thrust (94 instances)
Unexpected (3 instances)
Wedge (3 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἁρπάζω 
Harpazo 
catch up , take by force , catch away , pluck , catch , pull
Usage: 8

βέβαιος 
Bebaios 
Usage: 9

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